The resumption of students of public universities is hanging between a muddy cliff and a rocky pit.
When we thought all is set and done for the resumption of students back to the classroom, the federal government and ASUU are at loggerheads over one issue.
ASUU is requesting a waiver for the no-work-no-pay stipulations by the federal government.
FCT, Abuja – The resumption of public universities is not likely at the moment as there is still one final demand that is yet to be met by the federal government.
As reported by the Punch newspaper, President Muhammadu Buhari will be having a meeting with his cabinet to make a decision on the no-work-no-pay rule invoked by the federal government at the inception of the strike.
It was also gathered that a crucial meeting will be held on Thursday, October 13 by the national executive council of ASUU. The national chairman, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, disclosed that the meeting will hold but did not disclose the time and venue. It’s exactly eight months since the strike first began and after a series of negotiations and deliberation, there was no headway not until a few days ago.
What Gbajabiamila presented to ASUU and when students will return to schools Meanwhile, there are indications that ASUU might call off its 8-month-old industrial action this week, and students will start resuming next week. This is due to the conviction that the union gets, in its latest meeting with the leadership of the house of representatives, that President Muhammadu Buhari has budgeted N300bn for the university revitalisation, N170bn for lecturer’s salary increment, among others. Following the hint that the union will call off its strike in days and not weeks, ASUU will be holding an NEC meeting on Thursday to decide on the suspension of the strike.
